Data shows Ravalli County, Mont., an area seeing explosive population and development growth, is at higher wildfire risk than ...

The Bitterroot National Forest recently released the draft decision on the forest travel plan. The proposal has already met with opposition from some forest users, but overall the proposal is the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Bitterroot National Forest reminds the public of the annual climbing closure north of Hamilton. The annual climbing closure for the Mill Creek Canyon area started Feb. 1 to let ...

When the fire danger is "moderate", fires can start from most accidental causes, adding that if a fire starts in open, dry ...

HAMILTON, Mont. — The Bitterroot National Forest is warning boaters that last summer's severe wind storm is impacting conditions on the Selway River corridor. During the storm, wind speeds ...

The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit on September 9th against the Bitterroot National Forest seeking to stop the Gold Butterfly logging and burning project.

The Bitterroot National Forest is hitting the brakes on a 4-year-old proposal to use thinning and prescribed burning to remove vegetation across a vast swath of the Bitterroot Valley following ...

The Bitterroot National Forest will be rising the fire danger from “Low” to “Moderate” on Tuesday. Mom who was dead for 45 minutes during child birth wakes up in hospital to find out she ...

Lightning ignited three small fires in the Bitterroot National Forest on Saturday night, and dispatchers were fielding a steady stream of reports of smoke. The Sula Peak Lookout reported an 8-acre ...

At the national forest, some 30 to 40 of 208 employees have been fired or have left through various incentive programs, said Melissa Pingree, a Bitterroot employee who’s on the executive council ...